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Wen C. Fong 方聞 (1930 – October 3, 2018) was a Chinese-American historian of East Asian art. He was Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Art History at Princeton University, where he taught Chinese art history for 45 years. In 1959 he co-founded the first doctoral program in Chinese art and archaeology in the United States, which was later expanded to include Japan. He served as chairman of Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, and as consultative chairman for Asian art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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October 3, 2018
Age 88
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Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States
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